Welcome To Manly Guys 2.0

Thanks to the fine fols at Developers at Large and Hiveworks I’ve got a brand new website with real ads that will hopefully make some real money! (psst, It would be really nice of you to disable your adblockers on this site, by the way~)

ALSO! As a note, this is a WIP version of the site, some elements are being fine-tuned and hopefully soon we will have MGDMT 2.1 up and running! We just wanted to get the ads up so doing this comic would be worth my (and everyone else’s time)

It also means that MGDMT gets a spot in the Hivemill store and will finally be able to get merchandise made because the task of production and distrubution won’t fall on my already overburdened shoulders! I’m thinking of getting some “Commander on a mug drinking from a mug with a picture of commander drinking from a mug” mugs in production ASAP, but it also means T-Shirts can definitely be a thing!

Dear… lord… it was because of this? I had seen the website before the announcement, but I didn’t relate the two until now. My Google Reader’s RSS track suddenly reset (at least just the recent ones) showing all my stuffs as unread (Not just MGDMT, so i’d blame Google).
Anyways, looks schweet

Thanks for mentioning the adblockers. I try to turn them off for the sites I visit often. It’s just there for youtube ads and pop-out/noisy ads. Apparently I forgot to disable it here though. It is now.

Dear Coelasquid,
Please add a Flattr button or a donate button. I’d rather give you money directly than forfeiting myself to ads (I used host file, not adblocker) and consider when I’m still in Asia, there’s very small chance I could purchase your merchandise.

Pretty snazzy new digs! Just curious why the “Contact” page is named “cast”. (Makes me think that by the way, a cast page for the recurring characters that aren’t taken from another franchise would be a good idea, for when you have some time to spend on it.)

GAAH. Freaked out when the page loaded. WHERE AM I WEBPAGES DON’T CHANGE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.
Of course, my freaking out at 2 am is me sitting at my computer reacting in no visible way, but still. It’s the thought that counts.
Nice update! :)

The new layout completely craps out for me on IE, the advertisements on the right side push down the page and makes it seem like the rest of the website never loaded. I thought the site was down for a day.

Ah, here we are. If I had known there was a seperate post about the site I would have posted here first instead of being a dick and posting in the comments for the recent comic :\

ANYWAYS: I am having the same issue is what I am saying. The right bar is pushing down the rest of the page and the nav menu is displaying vertical when I am p sure it is supposed to be horizontal (I think that is why part of the banner is covered up).

Adblock disabled, because I think you’re great. That said, you should reconsider embedding mouseover ads in your copy. That’s one of the Deadly Sins of Web Ads that lead to the invention of Adblock in the first place.

I think you’re fans are prepared to give you time to sort it all out… don’t let us down.

I have adblocker and I’m principlly against polluting anyone’s mind with that noise – so I really don’t want to unblock if I can, but I still want to support you. Are you sure there is no donate option that works for you? I mean, having no middle man is good, right?

okay, i saw merch as a possibility, and theres a few things i KNOW peeps would LOVE, sam’s shark plushie, the mug you mentioned, a jared riding Mr Fish plushie, a T-shirt with jared Cdr. BA his kids and jonesy all on a photoshoot with Mr Fish in the BG with the red MGDMT header. and a shirt that says guns and ammo and accessories. nake sure it has guns crossed with bullets and a pair of cat ear headbands on it, thats just what i think everyone would like.

For the record, I never block ads. Never. I block Flash. Flash has serious stability and performance issues, so it is never run unless I have to. So as long as your advertisers don’t put up Flash-based ads, then there is nothing for me to block! :)

My adblocker is installed between the optic nerve and the part of the brain that interprets words and pictures, so I can completely legally trick the site into thinking I’m viewing ads when I’m really not. It’s fun.

So yeah i disabled adblock plus, and ghostery, and set request policy to allow requests from thepunchlineismachismo.com, but its the requests within requests that still get blocked and thus prevent the ads from showing up.
So aside from disabling request policy entirely or adding all possible adservers to the whitelist (kinda defeating the purpose , wouldn’t you say?), i’m sorry but i guess no ad income from me.
Hope you understand.

I like the new site, I think the color scheme is spartan but not too sterile, if that makes sense.

My only suggestion would be to try to make the entire comic show up without having to scroll down. It might not be possible since you vary how large your comics are. I would say close to half of the screen is taken up by grey, but it may just be my setup running at 1680×1050.

Normally would ignore the request to disable the adblocker, but I love your work and want you to be able to make some of the monies from it, so will happily disable it for ya! Congrats on hitting the 3-year mark!

I have never understood people who use adblocking software – at all, ever. Honestly, how annoying could ads possibly be? If a site has flashing banners, ads that drop across the center of the screen, or ANYTHING that makes noise, I just close it and never go back. No adblocker required! What sort of sites are you people frequenting???

It has always seemed to me that People who block ads but view the main content of a site are stealing from content producers.

Most newspaper or videoes that have 15 sec commercial before sending. They have high volume on them, the commercial are all the same and it slow down my computer.

Ad-blocker is a great tool to remove those annoying ads. And the best tool invented for personal surfing since the internet itself. I always turn it off if I like the website, and they are asking nice for it.

I would buy a tee shirt with something horribly esoteric, like “Follower of Bran-dao” on it, or possibly the TIALS seal (ooh! or both! TIALS seal as a crest over the heart, and something about the Brando on the back . . .

The ads work fine, but the site was developed by amateurs, I’m afraid.

It doesn’t scale (and scaling layouts have been mandatory since like 2006). At all. On a full HD display, the content is only present on about 1/3 of the screen, with enormous spans of empty space on both sides around it. Also, tiny text.

Alright Coelasquid, at your request I’ve disabled adblock plus for this site. I don’t usually do it because ads can be used to track me, to send viruses to me, and mess up my viewing experience. But I also want to support your work. Please don’t make me regret my decision by allowing malicious ads on your site.

…and I’ll be really surprised if you see this, because I get the impression that you don’t ever see comments. But I’m posting it in the hope that you will anyway, and that you understand the trust I’m placing in you.

Seriously, I don’t mind ads, but hearing Barry White toting cilit bang is an absolute arse. When I’m parallel-loading the six or so comics I keep up with it’s torture. Especially when I have music playing.